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Open Source iPhone Apps List – Real App Store Code Examples!

Welcome to the sixth iteration of the open source iPhone and iPad apps list. A For those that have seen similar listings on other sites using the exact wordings, and links below welcome to the source for the original list. Also included are some open source iPad apps, and universal open source iOS apps.

It can be tough to learn how to develop, especially when it comes to finding complete examples. That’s why I put this list together. Each of these open source iPhone apps is not just open source, but has been in the app store, and all but one are in there right now. So if you’re looking for an example of some real apps here they are.

Last Update: 1/9/2012

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The Open Source iPhone Apps List

Here is the open source iphone app list in alphabetical order:

1. 2012 Olympics - App displaying timetable for 2012 Olympic events. (iTunes link) (source code)

2. ABC 123 – Sequence memorization game. Utilizes Cocos2D. (iTunes link) (source code)

3. AntiMapLog - An app for recording your own data (location, time, etc.) over a period of time. (iTunes link) (source code)

4. Barcode Scanner - An example app that is part of the Zxing barcode reader project. (iTunes link) (source code)

5. Battle For Wesnoth – Fantasy themed turn based tactical RPG game available on several platforms and now the iPhone/iPad. (iTunes link) (source code)

6. Bubbsy - Cocos2D based game using Box2D fixes and Tiled level creation. (iTunes link) (source code)

7. Camlingual - App that can read and translate signs using sophisticated OCR. (iTunes link) (source code)

8. Climbers - 2D finger dragging climbing game created with Cocos2D. (iTunes link) (source code)

9. Colloquy – Conversion of the most popular Mac IRC client to the iPhone. (iTunes link) (source code)

10. ComicFlow – Beautiful comic book reader for iPad. (iTunes link) (source code)

11. Countitout - A generic counting app. (iTunes link) (source code)

12. Diceshaker - Dice rolling simulator designed for role-playing game enthusiasts. (iTunes link) (source code)

13. Dollar Bets - App for recording personal bets placed with your friends. (iTunes link) (source code)

14. Doom Classic - Classic 3D first person shooter. (iTunes link) (source code)

15. Dozuki - Interactive repair manual app from the guys at iFixit. (iTunes link) (source code)

16. Ecological Footprint - Calculate, display, and record your ecological footprint. (iTunes link) (source code)

17. Edgy - App for demonstrating the basics of OpenCV and the iPhone. (iTunes link) (source code)

18. Edhita - iPad text editor with file transfer support and browser previewing. (iTunes link) (source code)

19. Fosdem- Calendar app for the Fosdem open source conference. (source code)

20. Freshbooks – Open Source iPhone app that enables usage of Freshbooks web invoicing software from your iPhone. (iTunes link) (source code)

21. Frotz - Open Source interactive fiction app with support for the Z-machine format. (iTunes link) (source code)

22. Gas Guide - Guides for helping medical students study built from the Gas guide source. (iTunes link) (source code)

23. Gorillas – Classic Worms/iShoot turn based shooter type game converted to iPhone from basic. Utilizes Cocos2D. (iTunes link) (source code).

24. iLabyrinth - Puzzle game written in Cocos2D requiring you to navigate through increasingly difficult labyrinths. (iTunes link) (source code)

25. iStrobe - Turns the iPhone 4 flash into a highly configurable strobe light. (iTunes link) (source code)

26. Last.fm – Software that enables usage of the Last.fm platform for personal radio stations. (iTunes link) (source code)

27. Mobilesynth - A monophonic synthesizer designed for live performance. (iTunes link) (source code)

28. Molecules – Allows you to view 3D models of molecules and manipulate them through touch. (iTunes link) (source code)

29. Mover – Allows you to transfer stuff from one iPhone to another by “flicking” it to the other device. (iTunes link) (source code)

30. Mugician - iPad music synthesis app being used by various musicians in real life gigs. (iTunes link) (source code)

31. Natsulion - A basic twitter client converted from mac. (iTunes link) (source code)

32. NevoChess – A Xiangqi game. (iTunes link) (source code)

33. News:yc - A hacker news client. (iTunes link) (source code)

34. NowPlaying – Allows you to check local theater listings, and check rotten tomato ratings. (iTunes link) (source code)

35. Packlog – Backpack journal client. (iTunes link) (source code)

36. PlainNote - Simple Open Source Notepad. (iTunes link) (source code)

37. PocketFlix – Find movies, and manage your Netflix information. (iTunes link) (source code)

38. Prey - Anti-theft tracker featuring on-demand and push notification activation. (iTunes link) (source code)

39. Puff Puff – Beautiful underwater 2D game utilizing Cocos2D and Openfeint featuring unique physics based gameplay. (iTunes link) (source code)

40. reMail – E-mail client featuring ultra-fast search. Removed from app store, but source made available. (source code)

41. RobotFindsKitten – Port of a very silly “classic” ASCII game. (iTunes link) (source code)

42. RPI Shuttle Tracker - App for tracking bus positions around the RPI campus. (iTunes link) (source code)

43. Sci-15 HPCalc – Calculator app based on classic scientific HP-Calculator. (itunes link) (source code)

44. SpaceBubble – Space game featuring core graphics, and accelerometer usage. (itunes link) (source code)

45. Star3Map – Augmented reality star and planet charting application. (itunes link) (source code)

46. Stockfish Chess – A chess game featuring extremely effective AI . (itunes link) (source code)

47. Sudoku Resolv - Sudoku solving app using computer vision. (itunes link) (source code)

48. Task Coach – Personal to-do list and task manager. (itunes link) (source code)

49. Tilt Monster - iPhone game written with the Corona SDK that reached top 25 in the app store. (itunes link) (source code)

50. Travel Advice UK - App featuring worldwide travel advice provided by the UK Governemnt. (itunes link) (source code)

51. Tux Rider – iPhone port of the extremely popular, and beautiful 3D Tux Racer game. (itunes link) (source code)

52. Tweejump – Platform jumping game inspired by Icy Tower. Utilizes Cocos2D. (itunes link) (source code)

53. Tweetee – Enhanced version of the Natsulion Twitter Client. (itunes link) (source code)

54. Tweetero – Basic twitter client with image uploading. (itunes link) (source code)

55. ViralFire – Unique game where you are a dodging blood cell. (itunes link) (source code)

56. Wikihow – A reader app for the popular how to wiki site. (itunes link) (source code)

57. Wikipedia – Official Wikipedia app for iOS devices. (itunes link) (source code)

58. Wolfenstein 3D Classic Platinum – If you haven’t heard of Wolfenstein post below so we can say a prayer for you. (itunes link) (source code)

59. WordPress – Client for managing WordPress blogs. Also has an iPad version. (itunes link) (source code)

60. Xpilot – Simple massively multiplayer arcade shooter from the early days of the internet. (itunes link) (source code)

61. YourRights – Pocket database containing a summary of your legal rights. (itunes link) (source code)

62. ZBar – A barcode reader open source iphone app. (itunes link) (source code)

Check them out if you are working on something similar or think they might have a feature you could use there’s no reason to re-invent the wheel. Always make sure you understand the licenses as many of these open source iPhone apps are GPL and require that you open source your app.

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Know Any Other Open Source iPhone Apps?

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Omar Guzmán

Wow, Great Site… Thanks for sharing…
govind

sweet dreams, Jungle Trouble, (from just for Girls) available on google code
open source game

Nice Graphics and good game play
uses cocos2d and Box2d
John

Thanks for the tips, will watch for once these games are completed. I only place completed apps that are (or at least were) available in the app store.
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http://nathan.stitt.org/ Nathan Stitt

One more for your list: Remindly

I was a huge fan of a palm program called Diddlebug on my old Treo, and found it was the only app I missed when I moved to the iPhone. It allowed you to easily create a scribble a short note on the screen,and then quickly enter an alarm time. With it, I was able to easily remember silly little things like ‘call joe back’ or ‘pick up milk’

Accordingly, as soon as I got a few spare days, I wrote a similar app called Remindly and have now open-sourced it under the GPL3. You can find it at: http://iogee.com/remindly

I’m hoping the source is of use to others, since it really seems like there’s a scarcity of iPhone/iPad open source projects.
Sudhanshu

It’s great!!! Thanx
http://jsway.se Björn

Orbium, http://jsway.se

Available on the iTunes app store here:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/orbium/id376402382?mt=8
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http://github.com/iosdeveloper/MyTube iosdeveloper

I have a new open-soruce project up on GitHub called MyTube.

It’s a YouTube downloader for iOS.

I have submitted it for the App Store but Apple has rejected it because it is not in compliance with the YouTube TOS so I decided to make it open-source under the GPL license.

I also included all images I have used.

I would be more than happy if you take a look, tell me what you think and add it to the list above:

http://github.com/iosdeveloper/MyTube

Thanks and regards, iosdeveloper
AA

Thank you
Ash

I am not a programmer, however have the SDK for iOS. All I need is to create an app where when I touch the icon, it takes me to a website.

Thanks.
John

alright?
http://www.emersoncarvalho.com Emerson Broga

thanks!! It’s very useful for my studies! =)
http://thunderkeybolt.com Frahaan Hussain

You can put my app up called LED Strobe Flashlight which is for free on the app store
https://github.com/Frahaan/LED-Strobe-Flashlight-iPhone-4-Source-Code
http://thunderkeybolt.com Frahaan Hussain

You can put up my app called 2012 Olympics which is a paid application on the app store.

https://github.com/Frahaan/2012-Olympics-iOS–iPad-and-iPhone–source-code
http://www.pol-online.net Pol

ComicFlow is also the first (and only?) open-source comic reader for iPad: the entire source code and graphic assets are available for anyone to look at or contribute.

http://code.google.com/p/comicflow/
John

Nothing on your github page yet.
http://thunderkeybolt.com Frahaan Hussain

@john if you talking about me, then it is on there you need to click the downloads button to download the zip file, check out the final products as well

cheers
http://thunderkeybolt.com Frahaan Hussain

@john
I have updated the github repositories so they have all the files to download individually
http://haqu.net haqu

I see that Tweejump is already in this list. Thanks. I have one more open sourced game for iPad – Climbers:
https://github.com/haqu/climbers.

It is available on the App Store for free:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/climbers/id434336581?mt=8&ls=1
http://code.google.com/p/iphonefrotz/ Craig Smith

Hi there. The entry for Frotz has an incorrect description; it contains the duplicated description of the previous entry. Can you please fix it?
It should say something like:

Frotz lets you play free works of Interactive Fiction (a.k.a. text adventure games) written in the Z-machine or glulx formats.
John

Hi Craig! Thanks for pointing that out, I have had some issues since the latest update of WordPress with the editor, fixing.
sdjzu_ddk

Great site!!!! Wonderful
thein tun aung

Thanks a lot.
all are so useful.
http://maniacdev.com maniacdev

You’re welcome.
http://maniacdev.com maniacdev

Thanks!!!!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Yaniv-Presler/100002923743345 Yaniv Presler

Hi All.

We created a
great platform for games and want to try our platform on iphone games. We don’t
want to use an open source code without get the permission from the owner.

Please sign in to
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Thanks
Iain Munro

Hi

For some reason I cannot see in the above list the new Apps you added.

Iain
http://maniacdev.com maniacdev

Hi Iain – sorry about that it appears there is a database issue and I am trying to remedy things. Interestingly enough this is the only post I can find with the issue.

The page was updated for me last night until I logged out then – poof.
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http://www.facebook.com/ceacare Ceacare Arun

Can anyone as tiger goat or checker type game app please share with me
http://twitter.com/icode2020 bharath2020

Hi ManiacDev,

First of all, I appreciate for creating such a HUGE Knowledge base.. It definitely is survival guide for us..

I would just like to let know about the typo in open source apps list.

Description for Edgy (#16) is incorrect.

Thanks Again,
Bharath
http://twitter.com/desaiguddu Arpan Desai

Newsyc or Hacker news is also open source.. Otherwise its 4.99 USD on app store.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Anil-Kumar-Upadhyay/1488127644 Anil Kumar Upadhyay

good resource and valuable sources
http://twitter.com/sonpham1102 Pham Lam Khai

I try to test your code on my ipod touch but when download finish don’t have see in portal! How and why don’t see result?
Thank!
John

You’ll need to be more specific as to which app you’re having trouble with. If the example is on Github you can typically use the Download button, but you may need to use Git.
http://www.facebook.com/divyalove7 Divya Smith

thnx
jasper blues

Great list! Any chance you could include the license in the summary? Maybe it will help other app developers that are planning to open source to choose a license.
http://maniacdev.com maniacdev

That’s a good idea, along with the screenshots suggestion – I will look to script something up to tie in iTunes for screenshots, and type in the licensing info.

Adding an update today with some new apps, but I’ll keep that on tab for the next update.
angad mutha

Thanks a Lot maniacdev. Great List.
I am searching for a good open source chat client which uses google , msn , yahoo API’s . something like IM+ or ebuddy . If u do find one , pls include it in the list.
thanks once again
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_3HD36JBJTQFP6UCTWZ4BZ5MNGU Sven

Does anyone know a good open source example for Twitter Search? I just need an open source example I can import into Xcode. Also, if you know of a good open source example for Weather lookup that I can import into Xcode too. Thank you for your help.
Anonymous

Thanks for this great list! Good job!
Peter A. Berg

Awesome, thank you

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